<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">If the trailing dot indicating 'root server' after the top level-domain was universally enforced and used, distinguishing between local servers in your domain and global domains would be a non-problem.<br><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Lloyd Wood<br>lloyd.wood@yahoo.co.uk<br>http://sat-net.com/L.Wood<br><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hannah commodore <hannah@tinfoilhat.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "ausnog@ausnog.net" <ausnog@ausnog.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, 21 September 2012,
9:07<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AusNOG] [Fwd: [dns-operations] dotless domains]<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv65660630"><div><div>I've already been bit by this. </div><div>My home server us named io, and the .io ccTLD has an A record. When my search list isn't set, I end up there :(<br><br>On 21/09/2012, at 7:55, Noel Butler <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:noel.butler@ausics.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:noel.butler@ausics.net">noel.butler@ausics.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
More ICANN nuttyness for those of you who are not aware.<br>
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<b>From</b>: Paul Vixie <br>
<b>To</b>: DNS Operations<br>
<b>Subject</b>: [dns-operations] dotless domains<br>
<b>Date</b>: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:01:55 +0000<br>
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<pre>gentlefolk, i call your attention to this:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac053-dotless-domains-24aug12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac053-dotless-domains-24aug12-en.htm</a>
i've already explained as best i can:
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110620_domain_names_without_dots/">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110620_domain_names_without_dots/</a>
but the icann call for comments remains open, and i urge you to let your
voices be heard there.
paul
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